Life-saving device.



K. G. OELSNER. LIFE SAVING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 4, 1916.

Patented July 10, 1917;

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, TlNll KARL GUSTAV OELSNER, OF RIVERTON, WYOMING.

LIFE-SAVING DEVICE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KARL GUsTAv OELS- NER, a naturalized citizen of the United States, and a resident of Riverton, in the county of Fremont and State of WVyoming,

have invented new and useful Improvements in Life-Saving Devices, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in life-saving devices, boats and rafts generally and especially to the United States Patent No. 1,199,107 patented September 26, 1916, and the objects of my improvement are first to provide the said rafts with sufficient foodstuffs and fresh water and other necessities, second, to provide the rafts with suflicient seats, third, to provide every raft with a protecting device against the waves, to provide every raft with signaling means.

To such end the invention consists essentially in a log raft, carrying an attachment, formed by a plurality of at least three similarly shaped boxes of equal size. The in vention further consists in a protection net, fastened to the said attachment; and a signaling means on the attachment.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows the protection net expanded. Fig. 2 shows a top or plan view of the attachment after connection of the boxes. (In the drawings two parts only are shown.)

Fig. 3 shows a side view of the said attachment;

Fig. 4: shows the small boxes inside of the big boxes;

Fig. 5 shows the small boards;

Fig. 6 shows the transverse boards;

Fig. 7 shows the composed flagpole.

In order to enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now describe the same in detail.

Numeral 16 indicates the protection net, made from ropes and fastened to four sticks 17, made from strong wood with two holes 17 a near the bottom registering with the two holes in the sockets 22.

Numeral 18 indicates the cleats, to position the big boxes.

Numeral 19 indicates the cleats, to position the small boxes.

Numeral 19 indicates cleats on the top of the middle box, to position the provision box 14.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 4, 1916.

Patented July 1U, 191%.

Serial No. 129,635.

Numeral 20 indicates the three big boxes, which form the attachment (in the drawings the boxes 20 and 20 only are shown). Every box is divided in three similarly shaped parts with covers; every part is divided in three similarly shaped compart ments (in the drawings only two parts with two compartments are shown).

Numeral 21 indicates the said covers; they have two hinges, a simple lock and in the middle the said cleats. The corner covers carry cross cleats.

Numeral 22 indicates the sockets on the corners of the attachment, for reception of the four sticks of the protection net.

Numeral 23 indicates the small boxes inside of the big boxes. They are filled with food-stuffs, fresh water bottles, nails, hammer, screws, ropes, and other necessities, as medicaments and carry outside near the bot tom two rings.

Numeral 24.- indicates the small boards with holes inside the big boxes.

Numeral 25 is the flag pole, composed of three bamboo-sticks. On the top is shown flag and lantern.

The boxes are painted blue, the small boxes with medicaments blue with a red cross.

The boxes 20 have the same height as the logs and boards of the original raft combined, that is to say: if the logs are 12 inches high and the boards 3 inches high, then the boxes will be made 15 inches high. In such a way material for numerous rafts can be arranged on deck as to form a deck attachment.

In case of a shipwreck all this material slips automatically into the water. There the framework is constructed. as described in United States Patent Number 1,199,107, granted to the applicant September 26, 1916.

After that the three boxes are laid over the raft in the position indicated by the cleats on each end of the transverse boards.

Now the small boxes have to be removed from the big boxes and placed on the spots, indicated by the cleats 19 and the cross cleats 19. The big boxes have to be connected with the raft by rings and ropes, the small boxes with the big boxes in the same way; the small boxes are connected together by th; small boards, which are nailed on their s1 es.

This done the double walled provision box LOO is laid over the middle box on the spot in-' dicated by the cross cleats and fastened in the same way.

Now the four sticks of the net are fixed into the 4 sockets and screwed firmly. Over the top, ropes are stretched crosswise and lengthwise and the cover laid over these ropes.

The flagpole is fixed into the socket, which is nailed on a corner of the provision box and screwed too. On the top the flag is raised at daytime and the lantern at night time.

The raft completed people sit down on the prepared seats, with the arms linked together.

I am aware that prior to this my invention many rafts Were constructed of every Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

description, Without demonstrating clearly the power of united people in a shipwreck, if properly instructed.

Therefore I claim:

A raft attachment comprising a plurality of similarly shaped boxes of equal size and adapted to be connected, sockets at the corners of said boxes, a protection net engaging said boxes, smaller boxes and boards inside of the first named boxes adapted to form seats upon-said raft attachment sig naling means and means to connect said raft attachment to a raft.

KARL GUSTAV onLsN R, Witnesses:

FRANCES E. MEGOWN, WAND L T aeo,

Washington, D. 0. 

